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• December 2: 2nd Grade visit nursing home
• December 4: Eagle Days field trip for 5th grade; Schweizer Orchard field trip for Kinder., Doughnuts with Dudes for Preschool
• December 9: Winter Concert at 6:30 PM
• December 17: Q2 Awards Assembly MS at 8:15 AM and EL at 9:00 AM
• December 18: EL and MS Panther Families; EL and MS class parties; early dismissal at 12:30 PM; last day of Quarter 2

• January 5: First day back for students; first day of Quarter 3

• Please dress your child according to the weather. Students go outside for recess unless the temperature or wind chill drops below 20 degrees or if there is wintery precipitation.
• All classes (PK-12) begin promptly at 8:00 AM.
• Please do not drop off students before 7:40 AM. Supervision begins at 7:40 AM at the school.
• Breakfast is served between 7:40-7:57.
• Please share an active email address on the enrollment form and with your child's teacher for easy communication.

Empathy is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Kind. Across grade levels, students will be developing skills like perspective-taking, conflict resolution, and leadership.

Check out the information below about kindness and empathy.

Spending quality time with your kids is never time wasted. I hope everyone has enjoyed the board games and cards from Fall Family Night. Find books to read together, too! Engage in conversations and just enjoy each other. Here's a list of activities to do with your child that require little preparation or money:

• Sled together
• Dance party
• Make a craft
• Puzzles
• Board games
• Legos
• Shadow puppets
• Bake together
• Blanket fort
• Charades (see the list below)

• K is working on counting items in a group and joining or adding two groups together. They are still mastering the skill of number recognition for numbers 1-100.
• 1st is working on addition and subtraction math facts through 20 and getting ready to work with addition and subtraction equations. Working with math fact flash cards will be very valuable. They are also working on recognizing 52 numbers between 1-100 in one minute or less.
• 2nd is working on fluently subtracting numbers within 100 and continuing to work on math facts.
• 3rd is becoming fluent multiplying and dividing within 100, learning to find the area of a shape, and continuing to work on math facts.
• 4th is learning long division using a one digit number and continuing to work on multiplication and division math facts.

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